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JOHN Y T. HAVILAND, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFRNIA.

Letters PatentNo. 85,588, dated January 5, 1869.

I1VIPROVED BOTTLEySTOPPER.

To all whom. itmay concern Be it known thatI, J OHN T, HAVILAND, of the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented an Improved Top for Bottle-Stoppers; and I, do hereby declare the following description and accompanying drawings are suiiicient. to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which it most nearly appertains, tomake and use my said invention or improvements without further invention or experiment.

The object oflny-invention is to providean improved topfor bottle-Stoppers, to be used where it is desired to hide the top of the cork, and ornament the bottle, and to be used especially in bottles which contain liquids that are liable to coirode metals with which they may come ,in contact, ,as is common where theordinary cork is used1 in which the top is `secured .to the cork by alspindle running through it, and secured atA the lower end by a metal nut, which, in some liquors, corrodes and spoils the contents of the bottle.

My invention consists in cutting the cork to the form of a truncated cone, and crowding upon it from the small end a metal ring, which is furnish ed with a screw-thread at' its top. A cap is then scre'wed down upon the ring, forming the top.

To more fully explain my invention, reference is had t the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this speciiication, of which- Figure 1 is a section of the ring enclosing the cork.

Figure 2 is a side sectional elevation.

A is4 a cork, cut so as to form a truncated cone.

B is a ring, made large enough to fit the top of the cork.

The ring is slightly bevelled, so that the general form of the cork may be retained, and it is placed on the cork by passing over the small end, an'i forcing it upwards untilv the screw-threads a reach the top of the cork, when the top, G, which is furnished with similary threads, is screwed down upon the ring, forming a top that is simple, cheap, and easily taken apart and put together.

The top may bc ornamented as desired, and the name of the liquid contained 'in the bottle may be engraved on it, and if it should be necessary to change the liquids in the different bottles, and the corks should be of unequal size, itwould only be necessary to take off and change the tops.

Vllavim; thus described my invention,

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isl A top for bottle-Stoppers, consisting of the tapering holding-ring B and the screw-cap C, the whole constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purpose described.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal.

JOHN T. HAVILAND. [L. s.] Witnesses:

C. W. M. SMITH, J. LEE BOONE. 

